More for your money
True, most personal finance books cover the same old ground, and "Your Money" has some been-there-read-that moments. ("Pay yourself first." Bet you never heard that one.)

But Roth belongs to the new generation of non-formulaic personal finance writers, and he can zip through five times the amount of information in half the space of most money books. He delivers the basics (saving, getting out of debt, boosting your credit) and a wealth of money issues in between. How to...